will this cycle be better than our current u20 team? Dunno....moses is an elite prospect. he will join the team at the wold cup(if healthy)..he can the key player for this team to succeed. Pepe n chavez are good forwards. Levya looks like a good ass midfielder....reyna is a good all around midfielder. busio can score goals at an alarming rate. we will see but this team is playing some good sawker.

Three thoughts on the U.S. U-17s 3-0 win over Panama to clinch qualificationThe United States U-17 team is through to the U-17 World Cup with a convincing win over Panama. ASN's Brian Sciaretta is here to breakdown the game and look ahead to the rest of the tournament.

It would be very interesting to see if Wicky can get his best two forwards in Ocampo-Chavez and Pepi to play together at the same time. That would be very difficult for opponents to stop.

Leyva looks like a promising player

Leyva joins this team on the heels of winning the MVP at the recent GA Cup where he helped Seattle win the title with wins over Flamengo, River Plate, West Ham, and Valencia in the final. With a first team contract with Seattle, his development will be interesting to watch this year. Expect him to make his debut with the Seattle Sounders at some point in 2019 – albeit with limited minutes. Seattle has invested a lot with its wave of signing young players and it will want to send a message to these players that there is a pathway to the first team. Leyva looks most ready right now.

canada sawker is on the rise...they r getting better. They were like us a couple of yrs ago but they r doing much better these days

Canada is on the rise in CONCACAF and is producing better players these days. That is a welcome sign for the United States who could soon reestablish a rivalry with his northern neighbor. Canada’s Jayden Nelson has five goals in this tournament and will be a test for the U.S. team on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Gianluca Busio also has five goals and both players are in the hunt for the tournament’s Golden Boot award – trailing Costa Rica’s Geancarlo Castro who has seven goals but will not play anymore in the tournament as Costa Rica was eliminated by Canada on S

good read, this team aint gonna bunker down(like previous cycles)...this team is going to retain possession and attack like a mofo cuz they have a lot of weapons. I think weah could have himself a huge tourney. USA fans are looking forward to this tourney..they can care less abt the gold cup.

“We want to have the ball,” Ramos said. “Our players want to attack, our players want to be aggressive, and if it happens that we lose that way, we lose that way. But we’re losing that way and going after it."

“I definitely have full confidence that whatever group heads out there is fully capable of doing what we strive to do, which is to win the whole thing,” said Real, a Drexel Hill native. “Tab has even told us with all the groups he’s ever worked with in the past, he doesn’t think he’s ever seen a cycle this deep and this talented. It definitely gave us a lot of confidence when we heard that coming from him.”

“Most of the public has not seen our team play and don’t really know our players well. They just sort of know what they hear, and they definitely don’t know the other teams,” he said. “So it’s really hard to say, ‘Okay, this is the year we’re going to win.’ "

da us u17 beat canada 4-0, they will face either mexico or haiti..prolly, haiti

i like this team, they play the right way. I like busio, reyna n pepi. I am not sure how high renyas ceiling is...right now hes a good player. hes been good all tourney long with 5-6 goals? n some assists

ConclusionThe best teams don’t always win and the most valuable team isn’t always the best team. BUT, money/value is a pretty darn good indicator of quality. France has it, Portugal has it and the US might have it. If the team makes a deep run you can bet that the valuations of many of these players will increase sharply.

Winning the tournament is obviously the goal, but if the US gets drawn against France/Portugal in the knockout rounds…that is a chance for some of these players and clubs to make some money. DC United looks like they are betting on Durkin having a good tournament and cashing in this summer. This is the most excited I’ve ever been about a US U20 group. I think they’re going to be a whole lot more valuable this time next month.

wicky is doing well. This u17 played the right way, this team played some good soccer. Its gonna be interesting what he does at the world cup with this unit. He will also have bello and moses back, 2 big additions.

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